Cataloging the world: paul otlet and the birth of the information age
Auteur :
Wright, Alex
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199931415
Date de publication :
10 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
484 g
Format :
book
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In 1934, Paul Otlet, a Belgian entrepreneur, designed a proto-Internet which he called a réseau mondial-- literally, "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his vision have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes, but Alex Wright brings Otlet's extraordinary story back into the light in this fascinating look at the dream of universal knowledge.